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Alc24 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
CAN'T or CAN (I'm confused)
How would you correctly express these?
I'm trying to say I don't want the phone to ring for 5 minutes.
Which one is that and what do the other 2 mean?
Why can't the phone not ring for 5 minutes so I can take a breather?
Why can the phone not ring for 5 minutes so I can take a breather?
Why can't the phone ring for 5 minutes so I can take a breather?
Does this make sense?
Why can't/can the bus be here for once?
Thank you
I'm trying to say I don't want the phone to ring for 5 minutes.
Which one is that and what do the other 2 mean?
Why can't the phone not ring for 5 minutes so I can take a breather?
Why can the phone not ring for 5 minutes so I can take a breather?
Why can't the phone ring for 5 minutes so I can take a breather?
Does this make sense?
Why can't/can the bus be here for once?
Thank you
Top answer
Why can't the phone not ring for 5 minutes so I can take a breather? Why can't the bus be here for once? I don't want to bother trying to interpret the unreal convolutions of your other sentences.
- Why can't the phone not ring for 5 minutes so I can take a breather?
- Why can't the bus be here for once?
- I don't want to bother trying to interpret the unreal convolutions of your other sentences.
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Why can't the phone not ring for 5 minutes so I can take a breather?
Why can't the bus be here for once?
I don't want to bother trying to interpret the unreal convolutions of your other sentences.
Why can't the bus be here for once?
I don't want to bother trying to interpret the unreal convolutions of your other sentences.
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Thank you MM,
I had one question
Do these mean the same thing?
Why can't you be nicer for a change?
Why can you not be nicer for a change?
How come you can say both "can't you" and "can you not" in the above and in the following you can't?
Why can't the phone not ring for 5 minutes so I can take a breather?
Why can the phone
I had one question
Do these mean the same thing?
Why can't you be nicer for a change?
Why can you not be nicer for a change?
How come you can say both "can't you" and "can you not" in the above and in the following you can't?
Why can't the phone not ring for 5 minutes so I can take a breather?
Why can the phone
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Hello MM,
Could you tell me if the 2 mean the same thing please?
Why can't you be nicer for a change?
Why can you not be nicer for a change?
Why can't the bus be here for once?
Why can the bus not be here for one?
What's the difference between
Why can't he be nice for once.
Can't he be nicer fo
Could you tell me if the 2 mean the same thing please?
Why can't you be nicer for a change?
Why can you not be nicer for a change?
Why can't the bus be here for once?
Why can the bus not be here for one?
What's the difference between
Why can't he be nice for once.
Can't he be nicer fo
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alc24Why can't the phone not ring for 5 minutes so I can take a breather?Alex.
Why can the phone not ring for 5 minutes so I can take a breather?
Why can't the phone ring for 5 minutes so I can take a breather?
Why don't you say " why can't the phone stop ringing so that I can take a ......"
By now, I believe you should revaluate your
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